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IMPROVEMENT GARD-RACES.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, MirCHEL LEP?, of the city and county of Albany, andState of New York, have invented an Improvement in the Manner ofConstructing Card-Racks, whereby they can be made lighter, and theircards may be more readily arranged and better preserved; and I do herebydeclare that the followingis a fu'l-l andexact description thereof,reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, and the letters ofreference'marked thereon, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view.Figure 2 is a longitudinal cross-section, with an outer frame.

Figure 3 Vis a longitudinal cross4section of card-rack.

Figure 4 is a perpendicularsection, with an o uter frame.

Figure` 5 is a. perpendicular section of card-rack.

The same letters refer to like parts. v

The nature of my invention consists ofa rack, constructed of wood or anyother suitablc'material, arranged as herein described. i

I placeat suitable distances apart a number of thin slats, (tive-eighthsor three-quarters of an inch wide, and about one-quarter of aninchthick, called steadying-slats,) a a a a, figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, andare placed with their at'sides towards the fron tand back, and areintended to steady the cards .s s, by4 preventing them from being cantedto either side. Midway between these steadying-slats a a, I pla-ce theholding-slats b b b b, with their edges standing front and back, and'their back edges lush with the back sides olf the slats a a. In theholdingslats b b are cut, at suitable distances apart, the notches o o oo, figs. 1, 4, 5., on an angle of twenty degrees to forty-tive degrees,and to a depth that would leave the Slat uncut on its back edge to adepth equal to the thickness of the steadying-slats a a. The slats a andb are held in their places by the slat c\vhich forms the top` of therack-iframe. Thisslat c rests on the slats a and b, and is secured bybrads. The sides of the frame are, formed by the slats c c, and projectabove-the steadying-slats a a, Vto which they are fastened, (figs. 2 andThe lower sidc of the frame is a wider slat, e, (Iigs. 4 and 5,)fastened to the front ofthe slats a and l, which holds the whole rackstift" and rm. When the cards s s s are placed in the notches o 0.0,'figs. 1 and 4, their bottom edges rest on the steadying-slats a a a, attheir corners, and are-held nt' an angle, and can bc readilydistinguished, and withdrawn atpleasurc.

I do not claim thefholding-slat 6, with its `notches o o, as they havebeen used, but

What I claim 4as my invention,v and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The steadying-slat a, in combination with the holding-slut b, and thcrack-frame c c' and e, constructed substantially as set forth, for the'purpose herein described. ,l

M. LE/PP.

Witnesses:

JOSEPH W. RUSSELL, ALEX. SELKIRK.

